its due to a early saver booking. early saver has a 50 dollar per person fee. most likely you are being charged double as that is the standard since everything is based on double occupancy
unless i miss something, for years that section has been missing for me whenever i book directly with carnival using the website. after booking i need to go the cruise manager and then make my selection
i think it is a design issue with the layout. the plates and utensils is at the beginning of the buffet where the long line forms.
if each thing was a separate section then each section should also have the plates and utensils. this is what i noticed on other cruise lines like royal and norwegian where they are plenty of places to just grab a plate and go. not so much on carnival ships.
the whole taxi stand area is congested with fake uber/lyft, expensive ripoff taxi drivers, yellow cabs, etc. it can be a mess. it can be somewhat not easy getting a uber/lyft with the traffic in that area. what i do instead is i walk up to 11th ave or i walk a few blocks down to 46th st. the best part of walking is you can sometimes escape the very annoying surge pricing zone and save a few bucks
i noticed the same earlier this year and its annoying i liked the summary pages too. You can still view the onboard credit by going to the booking and order detail page and then click on view invoice details
do not contact carnival. the best thing to do is leave the booking alone.
all guests do not need to be there for check-in at the terminal. you can still check in. if they ask, just saying they are coming later in the day. eventfully they will be marked as a no show in the system
the paid tour is suppose to go the bridge according to the tour description:
I did the tour on the Escape back in the day and it included a bridge visit
the cruise terminal does not weigh your luggage like the airports. the weight limit is a suggestion to help make it easier on the porter at the terminal that load the luggage on to the ship and the crew onboard the ship delivering the luggage to your room
it is designed very poorly
there is one single line for salad, soup, entrees, etc, etc
if you do no want any salad, you still have to stand in that line
most likely an airline issue. in the past i have received emails from an airline that my flight time was changed and the only that changed was a minute or two from the departure or arrival time
i book as early as possible. thats when i noticed the lower cruise fares and then you can lock in at the older gratuities pricing for the drinks/dinning and room gratuities